Decentralised and Remote Access to Confidential Data in the ESS

(ESSnet DARA)

Overview and State of the Art

Maurice BrandtDestatis

FIRST EUROPEAN DATA ACCESS FORUM27 & 28 MARCH 2012

LUXEMBOURG

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Outline

1. Introduction

2. ESSnet DARA - Implementation of a pilot

3. Current State of Play / Future Work

4. Outlook

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1. Introduction

by now: increasing demand for microdata access to national datasets in MS access to 12 community statistics via Eurostat

ECHP (European Community Household Panel) LFS (Labour Force Survey) CIS (Community Innovation Surveys), …

request for original microdata (without direct identifiers) for community statistics: access only via safe-centre in

Luxembourg barrier due to local constraint idea: network of national safe-centres

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1. Feasibility study „Decentralised Access to EU microdata sets“

Feasibility study of setting up a network of safe-centres for

decentralised access to community statistics

ways of access to microdata throughout EU-countries is an implementation possible? framework requirements

international Partners Office for National Statistics, UK Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek, Netherlands Institutio Nazionale di Statistica, Italy Hungarian Central Statistical Office, Hungary Statistical State Office, German Federal State NRW Federal Statistical Office, Germany

start: 1st February 2009; end: 31st January 2010

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“Pilot Recommendation”

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2. Implementation of a pilot: ESSNET “DARA”

ESSNET on “Decentralised And Remote Access to confidential data in the ESS” (DARA)

Goal: Implementation of a remote access pilot from NSI Safe Centres to the community statistics at Eurostat

Project has started in October 2011, Duration: 24 months

Partners National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies, France Hungarian Central Statistical Office, Hungary Office for National Statistics, United Kingdom Instituto Nacional de Estatistica, Portugal State Statistical Institute Berlin-Brandenburg, Germany Federal Statistical Office, Destatis, Germany (co-ordinator)

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2. Overview WPs

Documentation and workflow

Concept of technical implementation and safety requirements

Cost benefit analysis

Implementation of remote access - case study

Communication and dissemination to the ESS

WP 1

WP 3

WP 4

WP 5

WP 2

WP 6 Project management

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2. Tasks

WP 1) Documentation and Workflow Define rules and standards for data access Draft of a request form for data access Compile a manual for NSI regarding workflow when data access is

requested Documentation and communication

WP 2) Concept of technical implementation and safety requirements for remote access

Define client requirements, authentication process and accreditation Clarify role of NSI (workflow and process) Define input/output checking process (who, where ...) Possible operability of different systems and interfaces Integration of existing systems Test procedure: check-list of security verification (from client to host) First testing phase for the connection from NSI to SICON

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2. Tasks

WP 3) Cost benefit analysis Based on the cost template of the former project

-  staff planning (rates each qualification/grade) -  breakdown on strategy and operational costs -  breakdown on fixed and variable costs -  number of projects, IT costs

WP 4) Implementation of remote access - case study Define all the necessary elements needed to implement a pilot

(hardware, software, organisation, use-cases) Implementing a pilot in one country and evaluate it Extend the pilot to 2 or 3 other countries for evaluation purpose

(double-output checking, workflows...) Organise a security audit of each process

WP 5) Communication and dissemination to ESS Upgrading and update of project website Presentation of results on project website and conferences

WP 6) Project management

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3. Current State of Play / Future work

1st and 2nd project meeting in Wiesbaden and Paris

List of user requirements for remote access system drafted by the DARA project team

Discussion of details for connection to SICON System

Right now: Testing the connection via sTESTA in NSIs

Right now: Preparation of first testing phase

Right now: First successful connection from NSI to CITRIX system in EC

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3. Current State of Play / Future work

Step 1

Login

Step 2

Choose your application

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3. Current State of Play / Future work

Finalizing the list of user requirements during the first testing phase

Development of a testing plan to evaluate the usability of SICON System

Presentation of the DARA project at the 1st European Data Access Forum in Luxembourg by the end of march

Harmonizing goals and developments with DwB Both projects do not aim at developing single, competitive or

non compatible solutions for RA in Europe

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4. Outlook

Implementation of „pilot“ needs to be linked with other ESSnets and Projects

VIP-SICON project § Revision of EC Regulation 831/2002 § Data without Boundaries (DwB) EuroGroups Register (EGR) ESSnet on SDMX OECD Working Group „Microdata Access” Workshop on Data Access (WDA)

Thank you for your attention

Decentralised and Remote access to Confidential Data in the ESS:http://www.safe-centre.eu

Eurostat ESSnet Projects: http://www.essnet-portal.eu

Maurice Brandt

Federal Statistical Office GermanyResearch Data Centre

Tel. +49 611/75 4349maurice.brandt@destatis.de

http://www.destatis.dehttp://www.forschungsdatenzentrum.de